A team of engineers and pest control specialists in China has developed a machine that is capable of gender-sorting 16 million mosquito pupae a week. In their paper published in the journal ...

In optimal conditions, most adult mosquito species can live up to two to three weeks, and in some studies, some female ...

There are four distinct stages in the life cycle of a mosquito – egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The mosquito has a different appearance at each stage. The entire cycle generally takes one to two weeks, ...

It’s hurricane season, that time of the year where Texas weather can be all over the place and can change in an instant.

It’s hurricane season, that time of the year where Texas weather can be all over the place and can change in an instant. In ...

The pupae then develop for another 2–3 days before becoming adult mosquitoes. A female Aedes mosquito can lay 100–200 eggs ...

If you have spent some time outdoors lately, you might find yourself swatting away mosquitoes. Oscar Beall with Mosquito ...

When a larva is a fully grown fourth instar, it undergoes metamorphosis into a new form called a pupa, the "cocoon" stage for the mosquito. This stage of the mosquito's life is also aquatic.

When sprayed on a water body, the oil spreads into a thin layer over the surface of the water. Mosquito larvae and pupae that ...

A cluster of three cases in Baldwin Park “is an unprecedented number of locally transmitted cases for a region where dengue ...

To some degree, you can predict if your region might have a mosquito explosion in the near future. “If it rains and it's 30 degrees out, you can have mosquitoes go from egg larvae to pupa to adult in ...

A cluster of three cases in Baldwin Park “is an unprecedented number of locally transmitted cases for a region where dengue has not previously been transmitted by mosquitoes.” ...